Spicy Sausage, Cheese, and Egg Muffins

My husband loves the weekends-he doesn’t have to get up pre-dawn as he does during the week, he gets to relax with a nice cup of coffee or two while reading the news, enjoy a piping hot freshly made breakfast made by yours truly. For me on the other hand-the weekend morning were even more hectic than usual. There are three little guys dead set on not letting me drink my coffee while it’s still hot and on top of that I need to cook a full hot breakfast (I’m Southern-it’s a compulsion to feed my man well!) I was struggling to balance feeding the family with getting some relaxation myself.

I started to experiment with recipes and found the perfect solution to my dilemma-a egg, sausage, and cheese breakfast muffin (no carbs, yay!) that is even easier than making scrambled eggs! Hurray for hot coffee on the weekends!

The key to keeping this recipe super fast and easy is cooking up the sausage beforehand-I try to remember to brown the sausage when cooking dinner Friday evening and popping it into the fridge so I can just add it to the recipe the next morning. Let it warm up up a bit as you preheat the oven to 350.

To start, just like scrambled eggs, combine 8 eggs and 1/3 cup of milk and whisk thoroughly.

Add 2 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro and 1/3 cup of shredded Jalapeño Havarti. Stir in the sausage and use a ladle to spoon into a muffin pan well sprayed with nonstick spray.

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We have made egg muffins before, but my hubby would LOVE the addition of cilantro and that spicy cheese – he loves anything with a little kick! And I think I have the long lost twin of your muffin pan 🙂 Great recipe!

To make the waffles: Whisk the ingredients together in a bowl until completely smooth. Then, cook the waffles on your waffle maker according to manufacturer instructions.
To make the sandwich: Place two slices of Arla Dofino Havarti and one large slice of deli smoked ham on top of one cooked waffle on the waffle maker. Place a second cooked waffle on top and close the waffle maker as much as possible. Toast the waffles until the cheese in the center is melted.
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I want to try this recipe beacuse I need something that my kids can take on the go for breakfast that isn’t prepackaged and loaded with sugar.

I also have been making the sausage muffins for years, since I was a kid. How much sausage is needed in ypur recipe?

Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 9×13 or two 9×9 casserole dishes. Set aside.
2. Layer half of the potato slices in the dish, overlapping slightly. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle the
cheeses on top of the potatoes and add the crumbled bacon pieces. Add the other half of the potato slices on
top of the cheese.
3. In a small bowl, mix together the milk and eggs. Pour the mixture over top of the potatoes. Sprinkle the parsley
on top (optional).
4. Cover with foil and bake for 90 minutes, or until the custard is cooked and set. Allow the dish to rest for 15­20
minutes before serving.

I’d love to try the blue cheese and bacon stuffed potatoes because it combines all of my favorite things! I absolutely love anything with bacon and once blue cheese was added, I was hooked. This is a perfect recipe for Sunday while watching football! http://www.pinterest.com/pin/79516749643494306/

Yes, Beverly, to freeze them let them cool completely then wrap them in plastic wrap and store in a freezer bag. Then either thaw overnight in the fridge and warm in the oven or microwave! (I’ve heard from readers you can microwave them from frozen but I haven’t personally tried it so wouldn’t know how long to tell you to microwave them.)

Thank you so much for this recipe! With the new school year starting, I am looking for some great pre-made, low carb, grab n go breakfast options for myself. Have you experimented with half n half or heavy cream, instead of milk, to make it even lower carb? Thank you!

So excited to try this…I’ve been looking for healthy grab and go breakfasts for my boys 5am swim team practices, that they can eat easily after when they are so hungry. I love this idea and think they will too.